Disclaimer: "Hey, everyone! It's AK. I'm finally back with chapter five up and it's ready to be read and reviewed."
Violet: "It's about time. I've been waiting to hear about the ring. What took you so long to get this chapter up anyway?"
Me: "I've been looking for a job."
Bob: "And how is that going?"
Me: "Not too well."
Dash: "Ouch."
Me "I know. I do not own the Incredibles or transformers. So without any more obstacles in the way, let's get this chapter started."
Normal Speaking
Person's Thoughts
Chapter 5: The Origin story
The ride home. It was an interesting one for the Incredible family, for their ride was a human who turned the suit he was wearing onto a big rig truck.
"I wonder how he knew what was happening." Violet thought referring to the fight that just happened about twenty minutes ago between a robot called "Barricade" and Trevor Bauer who called himself, "Optimus Prime".
When Optimus reached the right neighborhood, he found an alley and drove himself into it. He then parked a few seconds later and the Incredibles got out and put on their normal clothes becoming the Parrs again. Then the truck began to transform again. The parts started to shift and shrink down to size and in about fifteen seconds, Optimus stood there in his human mode. Then he held up his right hand, closed his eyes, and started to concentrate. His suit began to glow and became a liquid metal. Then it all started to make its way to Optimus's right hand and in a few more seconds, the glowing stopped and the suit was a ring again, and Optimus was Trevor in his normal clothes again.
"That is so cool." Dash thought as they walked the rest of the way to the house they lived in.
When they got inside the questions began.
"Okay Trevor what the hell is going on?" Helen demanded.
"How did you know that thing was called a Decepticon?" Bob asked angrily.
"What kind of power is that you have?" Violet asked innocently.
"Who is Megatron?" Dash also asked calmly.
Trevor just stayed calm and began. "If you would all give me some time, I will answer all the questions you have for me. But first you have to know how I became who I am."
"Oh, so you're going to tell us your origin story." Bob said interested.
"That is correct." Trevor said. "Okay so you know how I said back at the hospital that I don't have a family?"
"Yeah we remember." Helen said "What did you mean by that? Did they abandon you or something?"
"Trevor got a sad look on his face. "No they didn't abandon me." He paused for a few seconds. "They're all dead. Every single member of my family is dead."
The Parrs then looked at him with shock and disbelief.
"How?" Helen asked quietly.
"Well, my mom died when she gave birth to me and my twin sister." Trevor began.
"You had a twin sister?" Dash interrupted.
"I'll get to that." Trevor said as he continued on. "I didn't know my mom at all so her death didn't mean that much to me. Although it would have been nice to actually know her."
The Parrs just looked at him with now a look of pity.
"Anyways, after that my dad took care of me and my twin sister, Amber. That lasted for eight years and it wasn't all that bad. Until one night, my dad got M&M'd."
"M&M'd?" Violet asked.
"Mugged and Murdered." Trevor answered. "Amber and I took it pretty hard. Then we were sent to live with our grandparents in the country. And boy was it great. We had a blast out there just running around in a big field with lots of stuff to do. Then just like our parents, they died too."
"How did they die?" Bob asked.
"My grandmother died of cancer she had been fighting for years, and my grandfather just got old. Their deaths were about two days apart."
Now the Parrs looked at him just not believing what had happened to this guy. Violet even shed a tear out of sadness in the story.
"Well, after that, me and Amber had nowhere else to go because we have no aunts or uncles or anything else. We never did. So we were sent to live in an orphanage. And it was a private section of hell reserved for kids like me and Amber. They treated us like shit, the beds were completely uncomfortable, and the clothes they got for us were worn out and or torn up. Not even wearable. Surprisingly, the only good part was the food."
"Really?" Dash asked. "I hear all the time that the food in those places sucks."
"Well it was different for us because the chef here was a purebred Italian. And oh god her food was absolutely fantastic. I tell you, after eating her special Rosemary Pasta in Butter Roasted Garlic Sauce you would be able to die happy." Trevor explained with a smile on his face thinking about the food. Bob joined him.
"What happened to the orphanage?" Violet asked.
"It was closed down a few months after Amber and I got there. After that, we had to live in a big screen TV box in an alley behind the hardware store."
"That's terrible!" Helen said in sorrow.
"It wasn't all bad. Me and Amber learned a lot of things living on the street. We learned how to fight by watching gangsters kick the asses of those they were mugging. We practiced fighting by fighting each other full contact."
"Full contact?" Violet asked.
"Yeah we kept it at limits so we didn't hurt each other that much." Trevor said then paused and looked down. "But unfortunately us fighting is what would come back to haunt me. One day as we were just relaxing in our box, a group of gangsters came up to us. There were three of them. We asked them what they wanted, and then one of them took out a gun, pulled up my sister, and held the gun up to her head."
The Parrs were now completely interested in what was going to happen next.
"So I waited until the right opportunity until the guy with the gun looked away, and kicked the gun out of his hand and me and amber started to fight them. We seemed to have the upper hand at first until one of the guys got the gun, pointed it at Amber's chest, and pulled the trigger."
The Parrs all gasped at what Trevor was telling them.
"That's when I got madder then hell. I was able to get the gun. And what I did with it I still regret. I……..I shot them all dead out of anger and hatred. Before I could even think about getting Amber some help, it was too late. My twin sister was dead. And that made me the last Bauer in my family."
The Parrs knew he was telling the truth. And they couldn't help but feel utter sadness for him.
"I am so sorry." Violet said putting her hand on Trevor's shoulder.
Trevor looked at her. "Don't be. It's not your fault."
"Okay so what does that have to do with your power?" Bob asked.
Trevor sat down "I was getting to that. Actually for this next part of the story, I'm gonna show you."
"How are you going to show us what happened in the past?" Bob asked confused.
Trevor didn't answer. He brought his index and middle finger up to the side of his forehead and started to concentrate. He closed his eyes and when he opened them up again, light shone out of his eyes and blinded the Parrs until they couldn't see any thing. When they were able to see again, they weren't in their living room. They were in the same park where they had found Trevor. They all looked around and saw Trevor walking alone by himself looking depressed.
"Hey Trevor, where are we?" Violet asked the walking Trevor. But he didn't answer. He just kept on walking as if he hadn't heard her.
"Hey what the hell, Trev?" Bob shouted. "What's going on?"
"I'm showing you what happened instead of just telling you." said a voice from behind them.
They all turned around to see who it was. It was Trevor. They turned again to see the other Trevor who ignored them. By now they were completely confused and freaked out.
"What the hell is going on, Trev?" Helen asked.
"This is a flashback." Trevor began. "Right now I am showing you what happened in my past life. I can do that thanks to the power of my ring."
"What else can it do?" Dash asked.
"I'll tell you later. Just watch. That is me just a few days before you guys found me, and a few years after Amber died. Oh and that me can't see or hear us. So we won't alter the future by being here."
The Parrs all nodded and turned their heads and began watching the past Trevor. He was walking until a light shone from overhead. Trevor looked up and saw a huge meteor pass over the park and heard it land in the ocean. Trevor started running and The Parrs and Present Trevor followed.
When they got to the ocean nearby, there was nothing there until they saw something glowing from beneath the water. It turned out to be a set of eyes on a huge 25-foot robot climbing out of the water. It started to approach Past Trevor and he backed up freaked out. He was cornered in between two walls. Then, something in the robot's hand started to glow. The robot looked at it and then at Trevor. The robot then kneeled down and held out his giant hand in front of Trevor.
"Take the ring." The robot said to Trevor.
Trevor looked into the robot's hand and saw a ring in it. But he didn't move.
"I mean you no harm." The robot said. "My name is Wheeljack. We need your help."
Trevor started to calm down. "I'm Trevor Bauer. How can I possibly help you?"
"Just take the ring and put it on." Wheeljack said.
Trevor then took the ring out of Wheeljack's hand and put it on his right ring finger. The glowing on the ring had increased and the ring started to melt all over his body. He then was wearing a blue suit and robe with flames.
"What the hell just happened?" Trevor asked himself.
"You have become Optimus Prime." Wheeljack said happily.
Wheeljack then held up his wrist and talked into a communicator.
"We have him. Start it up again." Wheeljack said.
Thirty seconds later, they heard a noise that sounded like an engine and the ground was shaking. Then from the ocean, emerged a huge ship with a door open and a walkway extended. The walkway stopped right in front of Optimus and Wheeljack.
"You must come with us. The fate of this world and your existence depends on you." Wheeljack said to Optimus.
Optimus didn't know what to do. But he nodded his head and made his way towards the entrance of the ship with Wheeljack. The Parrs and Present Trevor followed them on. When they got inside, they saw a whole bunch of robots at the controls. The Parrs had their mouths open and eyes widened at what they saw. So did Optimus (or Past Trevor). The engine noise grew louder as Optimus found a seat and fastened himself in.
"Where are we going?" He asked.
"We are going to our home planet Cybertron." Wheeljack said. "Like I said, we need your help."
"Well can you at least tell me how to get this suit off of me?" Optimus asked.
"Just concentrate hard." Wheeljack replied.
Optimus had started to concentrate as hard as he could in getting the suit off. Then the suit glowed and melted back into a ring.
"Whoa that was weird." Past Trevor said as they ship made its way towards Cybertron from Earth.
A few hours past in a warp the ship created. After they came out of the warp, all the visible and invisible humans (except Present Trevor) were shocked at what they saw. It was a plane with robots everywhere. The ship flew towards a dome and started to lower into a hatch. When the ship landed everyone got off the ship.
"Where are we?" Trevor asked
"This is the planet Cybertron, Trevor." Wheeljack said. "And the giant dome you see in front of you is "Iacon", the Autobot headquarters."
"What is, "Autobot"?" Trevor asked.
"You will see. Come with us." Wheeljack said as Trevor followed him into the dome.
The first door they got to was an elevator to which they all got on. The elevator automatically started to go up to the top floor. When they got out, Past Trevor and the Parrs were shocked at what they saw. There were robots everywhere. There were robots watching surveillance cameras, some were conversing with one another, and some were even joking around. When Wheeljack walked in, everything in the room stopped and all mechanical eyes were on Trevor. Then, one of the robots approached him and knelt down to look at him. The bot then looked up at Wheeljack standing next to Trevor.
"Are you sure he is the one?" The robot asked.
"The ring reacted when it was near him. And he transformed." Wheeljack said.
The robots gasped when they heard what Wheeljack said. Trevor was not only confused now, but angry.
"Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on?!" Trevor shouted.
The robot kneeling was the first to answer.
"My apologies. My name is Hot Rod. And we need your help, Trevor Bauer." He said.
"What for?" Trevor asked.
"Maybe I should start from the beginning. Every robot you see in this room is called an Autobot. Our species has been in existence long before yours has." Hot Rod explained.
"How long are we talking about here?" Trevor asked.
"Almost a few million years." Hot Rod answered.
"Whoa."
"Anyways, we brought you here, Trevor because we need your help. You see, us Autobots are a peace loving race of robots. But there are forces here that wish to destroy us and take over as many planetary systems as they can."
"Who are these evil forces?" Trevor asked.
Hot Rod brought up a hologram projector in the center of the room and it projected a group of robots.
"These are our enemies. The Decepticons." Hot Rod said before focusing the projector on the Decepticon standing in front. "And this is their leader, Megatron."
"Okay, I'm following. Continue." Trevor said.
"For a time, we all lived in peace and harmony, until Megatron discovered life on other planets and thought we should extend our race across the universe to become stronger. Those who believed in his caused joined him and became the Decepticons. And those who thought he was crazy and opposed him became us, the Autobots. He nearly destroyed our own planet in an attempt to destroy us. He traveled across the galaxy hoping to annihilate the life on those planets and take it over. Us Autobots fought bravely to try and stop him under the leadership of Optimus Prime."
The hologram showed a picture of a different robot that stood about 32 feet tall, had red and blue armor that was flame detailed, and looked as if the armor came from a big rig.
"This is our leader, Optimus Prime." Hot Rod said.
"Where is he?" Trevor asked.
Hot Rod pointed to Trevor's hand. "He is right there in the ring you wear."
Trevor looked at his hand completely confused. "I'm sorry but, you lost me."
Hot Rod started to explain again. "Just a few weeks ago, Megatron was on his way to your planet and we Autobots had stopped him from destroying it just like we always did. But Megatron had had it with Prime and his group of soldiers. As Prime and his group were on a ship back to base, Megatron and his group surprised the Autobots and started an all out fight to the death. The Decepticons were seconds away from finishing them off, but Prime was not going to let the Decepticons destroy him and his group once and for all. He and his group used the last of their life force to transform their own sparks and power into human sized rings. But just before they all did that, Prime opened the main door on the ship to suck out all of the Decepticons. And when the rings got sucked out, it happened right next to the atmosphere of your planet Earth. There were thirteen rings on that ship, but only twelve got sucked out of the ship and made their way towards your world. One remained on the ship, in the hands of our small spy, Wheelie."
A small Autobot came walking towards Trevor. Wheelie was about half of Trevor's height.
Hot Rod went on.
"Wheelie here was able to grab the ring that had Optimus's essence and drive the ship back here to Iacon. And with no more Optimus Prime to stop Megatron, planets soon started to die at his hand. That is why we need you. Megatron has targeted your planet again and he is bent on destroying all life on it. We don't know how to use the rings, but we figured a human would. Considering the fact that the ring was human sized. And it appears we were correct. The ring can only work with a specially selected human. The ring has a mind of its own, so it can select who can be it's rightful owner. And it seems that ring on your hand has chosen you."
Trevor was shocked. "Are you telling me that I am now your leader?"
"Yes." Hot Rod replied. "Will you help us, Optimus?"
All eyes were on Trevor waiting for his answer. Trevor just looked at his ring for while and then looked up at Hot Rod. "I don't really get what I am supposed to do. But I made a promise to my sister that I wouldn't fail her again. So if you fill me on everything there is to know about these rings, and I will do everything in my power to help you."
At that moment, every Autobot in the room started cheering for Trevor.
"Great!" Hot Rod exclaimed. You start training tomorrow."
"But since I'm not really a robot, can we change the name a little?" Trevor asked
"To what?" Wheeljack asked
"For the group soldiers you want me to find, I will call us, AutoKnights." Trevor said.
"Why?" Wheelie asked.
"Because if what you said is true, then this ring changes into a suit of armor. And knights always wear suits of armor."
Hot Rod smiled. "Then it is settled. You and your group shall be called, The AutoKnights. Now lets get you ready for battle."
After two days of training, Trevor knew everything there was to know about the Decepticons, the rings, how to use his weapons, and his fighting skills have greatly improved. Then the third day on Cybertron came, and it was time for him to go back to Earth.
"We owe you everything Trevor. Than you." Wheeljack said.
"Thank me when I find the rings and stop Megatron once and for all. By the way, how am I going to find the first ring?" Trevor asked.
Wheelie walked towards him with a device that looked like a PDA.
"We took the energy signal from your ring and copied it into this tracking device. It is called Teletraan." Wheelie said. "And here is the good part. We have already located one of the rings. It is in a city called Metroville."
"That's the city where Wheeljack found me." Trevor said as looked at the signal on Teletraan. "So you're sending me back home."
"Yes." Hot Rod said. "But the way you get back to Earth is not going to be fun."
"What do you mean?" Trevor asked with a concerned look on his face.
"Well you don't know how to fly a ship into Earth. So we will fly you there, and just when we reach the atmosphere, we will jettison you into it."
Trevor got freaked. "Are you insane?! There is no way I'll survive that!"
"Just use the power of your ring and you will be fine." Wheeljack said.
With that said Trevor got on board the ship with Wheeljack and made their way back to Earth.
(Transition to the Parrs and present Trevor who watched the whole thing)
"So that's how I got back to Earth. The reason you guys didn't see a meteor when you found me is because I was the meteor. I used the last of my strength to crawl out of the crater." Trevor explained.
"Didn't that hurt?" Dash asked.
"You have no idea." Trevor said as he closed his eyes.
Everything had started to go bright and the Parrs were blinded. When the light stopped, they were all back in the living room where they were sitting.
"So there you have it. I am the leader of a group of soldiers that are yet to be found, and I need all the help I can get." Trevor said "Will you help me?"
"Well I don't know what kind of help we can give you, but we will try our best to give you whatever assistance we can." Bob said.
The rest of the family all nodded in agreement.
"Do you know who the ring here belongs to?" Violet asked.
"No I don't. It could belong to any one." Trevor replied as he took out Teletraan and examined the signal. "But it's my job to find that ring and who it belongs to so I can defeat Megatron and brings peace to this planet. And we don't have much time."
Me: Finally! It took me forever to write that chapter.
Violet: Well it was pretty damn good.
Dash: Yeah. Now who gets the ring huh?
Me: You will see in time. Right now, I have to relax a little. See you all in chapter six. Please read and review.